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Yesterday I attended a cheerleading competition in San Jose put on by an organization known as GSSA 1Spirit. It was the first time I’ve actually been spectating at an All Star competition in quite a while. I watched about seven hours of cheerleading and was quite impressed by some of the west coast teams, especially some of the tumbling which is not as strong back in CT. I have one global comment that I need to make. We need to push cheerleading competition etiquette. Seriously people, we are all there to watch the sport, but I feel that people get so concerned with seeing their team compete, that they forget that there are tons of other parents, coaches and cheerleaders looking to watch the competition. Here are my general suggestions: ...

Software quality can be measured in many ways. Complexity, efficiency, executable size, these are just a few of the potential metrics. The bad news is that these aren’t normally mutually exclusive. Normally if you maximize one, you might reduce the others. The hardest part of being a developer is deciding where to sacrifice and potentially how to marry the important metrics for each component we write. ...

I’m in the process of cleaning up some old files and folders that I have had lying around for many years. I stumbled upon this poem that I wrote, when I was roughly 12 years old. It’s not that great a poem, but I remember writing it because my father was banishing me to my room to work on homework, and I just couldn’t come up with anything, this was the result. ...

I recently finished reading Head Rush AJAX and would like to share my comments on the book. This book is written by Head First Labs and is the first of the series I have read. I picked it up because of a recommendation from a friend. I remember looking with disdain at the books in the series when I had seen them on the shelf. I remember thinking, “They look so elementary, we don’t need another ‘For Dummies’ series”. I, like most computer people, have picked up and read a “For Dummies” book, but after you get through your second, they really loose their allure. My first three technology books were from that series, and I have never committed to reading another one. ...

Its that time of year again, MLK weekend and that means UCA nationals. It’s one of two college nationals. The other NCA, which is held usually in early April. To keep it short, my favorite is UCA, though I’ve been to both. Anyway, I have a bunch of friends competing and I would like to wish them the best of luck. Here are the teams I’m pulling for: Villanova Small Coed – Lets go Cats! My Alma martyr. Southern All Girl Division II – Good luck, your routine is fantabulous, wish you the best. Southern All-Girl Partner Stunt Groups – Both of the groups I’ve seen have great routines, really hope you do well. Special wishes to Cheri, Kay, and Haley, who I have had the pleasure of cheering with on my CT Spirit Onyx open team. Bill Mayo, University of Delaware, Coed Partner Stunt – Good Luck Bill, hope you do well, make ACE proud!